A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 78

The third uncle felt unhappy.

He felt that this was the Li family trying to undermine him.

But the third uncle has always been a person who doesn't care much about his face. Even if he is upset, he can quickly calm down his emotions and start thinking about how to win back.

No, the opportunity was quickly found by him.

When he saw Li Xiang passing by the front yard, his hands full of things, he quickly ran out of the door of his house.

And in order to prevent Li Xiang from running away like before, he deliberately stood in front of him.

If Li wanted to leave, he could only go around him, but that would be too obvious.

If you live in a compound, if you don't want to break up or feel disgusted, you can't be so direct.

Li Xiang definitely couldn't answer the third uncle directly. He was coming back from the teacher's house, so it was obvious that the things in his hand were given by the teacher.

According to the third uncle's behavior, he won't let you go unless he collects something.

Unless you break up with him.

But the third uncle is in charge of the front door. He is responsible for people coming to ask for directions and the daily opening and closing of the door.

If there is a conflict, he doesn't know how to mess with you. Just in this janitor job, if he messes with you from time to time, you will be miserable.

So giving some scraps to the third uncle's family has become the default rule in the courtyard.

However, in the past, the third uncle’s family had a good grasp of how much they wanted. As long as you gave it, you could give it as much or as little as you wanted.

He is happy with a green onion, and thinks he has earned a potato, and he will happily flatter you.

And he doesn’t fuck you every day, and he will act based on your expression that day.

So when everyone paid tolls, they felt a little pricked in their hearts, but they didn't care too much.

Based on Li Xiang's own experience, the only thing that has been criticized by the third uncle in so many years is his.

First, during the Jia family's affairs, with the help of the third aunt, they almost ransacked the Jia family's kitchen.

Second, on the day of the blind date, He Yuzhu shamelessly stayed for dinner.

With such a comparison, the couplet thing was nothing more than a fuss for him.

Looking at the cheerful face of the third uncle, Li Xiang thought to himself that it would be unlucky to cause trouble during the Chinese New Year, so forget it.

He doesn't care, but there are still three people at home.

Li Xiang pretended to dig into his pocket, took out a few peanut candies and handed them to the third uncle.

He explained with a smile: "I'm going to pay New Year's greetings to my elders tomorrow, so I asked my classmates to prepare some New Year gifts."

The third uncle took the peanut candy, and when he heard what he said, he naturally followed the direction he gave.

They thought Li Xiang's classmates took the New Year's gift from home and gave it to Li Xiang.

Otherwise, when all the major stores and markets are closed at this time, where can I prepare these things?

Li Xiang felt that he had been explained and given things, so he should be able to leave.

But he didn't expect that the third uncle would pretend to be ignorant and talk to Li Xiang. Anyway, if he moved a step, the third uncle would follow.

What do you mean?
Li Xiang felt a little unhappy, and his eyes began to show a little impatience.

The third uncle is so thoughtful, of course he can tell that something is wrong with Li Xiang's mood.

But he just made a bet. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Li Xiang won't make trouble with him.

Normally, if others give these, he can only thank them.

But the Li family defeated him yesterday, and today he had to make back what he lost yesterday.

Li Xiang's patience has reached its lowest point, and he refuses to give in when the third uncle is standing in front of him.

Give you a face, right?

He bumped forward on the pretext that he heard Mother Li calling him.

With his small body, the third uncle didn't even need to use any force. He just fiddled with it and he fell halfway.

Li Xiang took advantage of the situation and ran away quickly, but the third uncle wanted to chase him again.

But he was stopped by Aunt Wang who appeared at some point. "Third uncle, come and take a look at our couplet. Is the word written wrong?"

Aunt Wang's words made the third uncle feel that his academic skills were being questioned. How could he make a typo?

He straightened his glasses and walked towards the door of Wang's house. The pursuit of Li Xiang was forgotten at the back of his mind.

"Which word do you think is wrong?" The third uncle read the words on the couplet again and went through it in his mind. He really couldn't find anything wrong, so he asked Aunt Wang.

Aunt Wang didn't know what word was written wrong. She didn't even know the big Chinese characters. She just gave a random reason to prevent Yan Laoxi from pestering Li Xiang.

She pointed at a word casually and said, "I see that this character has an extra vertical line in other people's words. Why is it missing this vertical line in my family?"

"That's right, you are a cloud, not a word." The third uncle laughed angrily at her remarks, pointed at the Wang family's couplet and recited: "A year of good luck comes with spring, and the four-character colorful clouds roll in. Come, I wish you all the best, what a wonderful message I have written for your family."

"Oh~ It turns out I admitted my mistake. It'll be fine then. Third uncle, go to your house."

Aunt Wang had achieved her goal, quickly admitted her mistake, was too lazy to talk to him anymore, and turned around to go back to the house.

The third uncle was left where he was, with a stunned expression.

After a while, he rolled his eyes and understood the key.

He was not annoyed and walked back humming a tune, holding his hands behind his back.

It doesn't matter, take your time, you can avoid the first grade of junior high school, but you can't avoid the fifteenth grade.

Anyway, if you don't make back your losses, it won't be over.

When Li wanted to run home, as soon as he entered the house, Li's mother quickly stood up and took it and asked.

"What's wrong? It's like being chased by a dog. Didn't you go to the teacher's house to pay New Year greetings? Why did you bring back such an old thing?"

"He's not the third uncle yet, but his appetite is getting bigger and bigger. I gave him a handful of peanut candy, but he still refused to let him go." Li Xiang complained to his mother.

Mother Li raised her eyebrows and spat: "It must be because of the couplet thing. I said we will do it ourselves this year. This Yan Laoxi will definitely become a monster."

Li Xiang said angrily: "You can't spoil him. You have to get used to asking for things. If you don't give them, you'll hold grudges. You might as well not give him anything in the future."

Although Li's mother felt something was wrong, she still stood on the same front as her eldest son.

He nodded and agreed: "Okay, I won't give it to you from now on. I'll tell your Aunt Wang then that he can't hold us back when it comes to opening the door."

Li Xiang also thought it was feasible, so he didn't say anything more.

Mother Li asked again: "You haven't said what these things are about?"

"Hey, the teacher and my wife insisted on subsidizing me. If I didn't want it, they just threw it out to me."

Then Li Xiang pointed to the packaging of the chocolate and explained to his mother: "Mom, this kind of candy is called chocolate. It comes from overseas. We want to buy it but there is no place to buy it. Let's open it up and try it in the evening."

He took out the teacher's red envelope from his pocket, took out the money and showed it to his mother.

"Ten yuan" my mother said in surprise.

She patted Li Xiang and blamed the child for accepting such a large red envelope from the teacher.

"Mom, the teacher is kind to me, and I will repay you in the future."

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(End of this chapter)